New York Clipper (Apr 1915)

14 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Apiul 10 MOTION PICTURE DEPARTMENT .o c coooocosoocooooooocogoccogcocoocccr- HARRY E55IS, MOTIO!! PIC1VRE EDITOR. MAYOR MITCHEL ORDERS E LIWINAn ONS IN "BIRTH OF RATION/' VICTOR HERBERT LOSE S SUIT AGAINST WORLD HLM. COLONIAL SUES GEO. R ANDOLPH CHESTER FOR $50,000. ANOTHER FREAK BILL INT RODUCED IN OHIO. FRISCO GETS NEXT NATKfflA L M.P.L LOF A.CONVENTION IN lULY. DEATH OF WH. V. RAN OUS. PIO NEER PICTURE DIREaOR. HORKHEIMERS W OULD EN JOIN WALTHALL PENN. CENSOR UW STANDS-NEW BU.L TO SUPERSEDE PRESENT LAW KTRODUCED. MAYOn MITCHELL ORDRRS UMMIIT- Arid.N'H IK "IIIR'IMI Ul' A NATION." i\rtliiK Ul u'comnhilut pi(.'HiMitcd l)v Oawnld (inrrl.Hon Vlllurd, i(nlil>l WIrc und Krcdvrlcic C. Ilowc. mircscntlnK tlic liitiTfiiiH of novi^ral culored sorivtlcs of Now Vork City, Jinyur Mitchell, Tucaday, .Marcli .'10, ordered Hcvcr- ril cllmlnntlona to bi; miidu In (Ji'lllltli'u "Ptio Illrtli of a NatloD." plnyliie to capiivlty biinl- iicsa currently at tbc Lllivrty Thi-ntrc. Itnblil IcKcrH ('onimciKllne "The DIrth of a Nation," from Kov. Dr. rarkbiirat, Kev. J. Talbot feultli niid otiicr prouilnvnt olorgymcTi nod laymen, appiured teforc tbe Mayor to stAte Ills aide of the cnse. Following the M^aoror's InKtructlcua, Llconec Cominlnsloncr liell bad uitlcrcd certain ellmhintloiis, 'A'hirli were made March 31. Martin W. Littleton Informed tbe Ilnyor that hia orders bod been compiled witb and V'Ihc nlio la connected with tho .National | leaded for tbe picture's prc9.:ntiitloD Sa. Ite Iliuird of Censors, In his rcmie.Ht, nslcliii; the pioEvnt tvrin. .Ma\<ir to take action on llic picture, eavo Mr. Littleton said In part - (ilteinnce to >tbc following reninrks: "rrolrat agalii.it this picture Is based oa ■ The Hoard of Censors which allowed this proimgniuJo of the Assoclutlon for the cxlilhltlou to CO ■!« stupid or worse, and I IiKermnrniigc of the fUrcii. Its real atiltiido njjrol tlint my name Ih even remotely con- on this (piestlun Is evidenced by tho langu.inc ikelid as a raemlier of hiicIi n iHmrd. The yS I"oI''|-<b ''..'"'s sent }o lodlslatuie^ of nesroe.f Ui this city huvc been patient. .Tlicy htatcs w!;«ie bills prohibiting auch jaarrlngis ]mve not yet arisen to iirotest like the Irish, have been pending. In tbvK protests the ■wliu ntliicked the prochu-tlou of 'Tlie I'lay- ciwoclat.eii says: Uiy of llie Westerji World." The Irish saw '"We oppose It for tbe physical reason the 7)liiybi)v as a earlciutiire, not as a cLar- tbat to prohibit such Intermarriage would be acterl/.ntlcin, publicly to iieknowlcdze that black blood Is a "Stop tills pro<luctlon, Mr. Mayor, and jou Pli.vHlral tulni, HOiuelhlng'tbnt no self-rcspect- ■\v!ll reader ii gri'Ut service to the people of colored man or woman can be naked to 111 Is eoiiiilrv." udinlt.' " lliibhl Wise Is a prnnvliiont IlcJircw nrnlato After llsleiilnR to argument by D. W. Grlf- of .New York City. UhwuM (iarrlsou Vllliird, llflli, Thoiiia.>< Ulxon nndscveral others, Mayo the editor of 'Jlic Hiri, Unit "The nirtli of n .Nil i:rj!ro wos conceriii'il, was "Improper, unJiiHt meiil. mm (larrlHou vllliird. hriii, Thoiiia.>< uixon nml several others, .unyo I'lidif; I'oit, dcclarcii MItclicI siigKcMicil that Commlsalouer Uell see liitloii," as far as the'^the picture ouee more and use his best Judg- niirl linuiiirul." "I'll .Hiuko whatever repiita- lloii 1 have na n lilsiorleal student," said Mr. Vlllnrd, 'on my I'linriieH against this lllni pliiy. The lugKlnK In of the ui'Krii into tlila FXlilliltlou la neciik'HH und iincnlled for, and the play would be liupriived upiiii In every ri-apecl If the object lounble scenes were taken eiil ■■ Miiyor MItchcl, at tbc flnlab of the hear- ing, said: "My mind Is quite free. "I have seen the ploy. If It were as you euggcst, merely an ergumovt a^alast the marriage of blacks and whites, lit might be a dllfurcnt qucatlon, but tbcro arc two sccDeB that appeal to race prejudice, and I feel that 1. mill. a|i|ii;ai Kv A u\.v |it vjuuii.t:, uuu m acvi iuuc Mr. Vlllnrd. In nddlllou to lila wlltorlnl they ought to be modlUcd. I think the best acllvltIeK, lluds lliiii- In utieiid to the iliillca i>r vice presldeiit of the Niitluiml As.Hiielullon lur the Advaiireiiienl of (Colored I'euple. I''riMlerlc 0. Howe claimed that certain Hcenes In- the picture nITectcd ten mllllun I'llir.ens of the united States, who were de- graded by the producllun. Tliu eccucs clUelly objected to 'were the thing you can do Ja to meet CommlaslODci' Dell and Deputy Commissioner Kaufman and come to an ogreoment on the scenes against which the Department of LIccoecs protests. The negro vcttlzcns Lave certain rights that must be obaerved." COURT CASE POSTPONED ONE 'WEEK. Aa a result of tbe Mayor's decision, tho IMirHUlng of a white girl by a crazed negro, court coae which come up before Mtaglstrato niul the attempted luvomakluK with a v/Mto Mc()undc, April 1, In the Jefferson ilarkot viiiuan on the piirt of the mulotto governor Court, waa postponed for one week jf the piece. "The Ulrth of a Nation" la linaed ou Thomas Dixon's book, "The Clann- Tbc manngeaent of the Llbcnty and tho sponsors of "Th Birth of a Nation" having iimu," which 111 llti'i-nry form caused a mild been summoned to appear in court by tho Heiisntluii wlicu It was llrst published, (;illKriTii APPtSAIlS WITH COUNSEL. T'ollowlug llic presi'iitiitlon. of the nliovo recorded cimipliiliiis. I). \V. rivinilli, Thura- d«y afternoon, April 1, iic(i>ni|niiiled hy his nt representatives of a negro society. VICTOR HERIIERT LOSES IN,ll!KCTION SUIT OVER "OLD UUTCIi." It seems tliat when Victor Herbert found out that the World Film Corporation had torney, Martin \V : LlttU^un and armed with produced "Old Dutch" In Ave cinematographic ler-ls. the composer who wrote the music of the orlglnnl stage veslon lu'canii! Inbued with the Idea that he was entitled to a share of the gross. The World Flhn Co. thought other- wise and the case cot Into the counts, Her- bert seeking an Injunction, on the ground Chat the music was an Integral part of the piece. Justice nijur in the New York Supremo Court, last wedc, however, refused to grant IJt'i-bert tbe sought for Injunctloa and ac- counting, and further ruled that the book and miiple of a musical comedy were separ- ate and distinct coniiiiodltle;. Tills decision Is directly opposite to one rendered recently In the Federal Court which declared that a song vcntributcd to "swect- heurts," by Mmc. dc Gressac, must be con- fidcred as part and parcel of the entire operetta. At any rale I,ow Klelds and the World r:im Co. can show the picture, "OM Dutch," us odtifi aa tlier please and according to Justice r.ljur's deelsloi, split the proceeds with no one but themsclTca. COLONIAL SUES GEO. RANDOLPH . CHESTER. Tbe Colonlol M. 1'. Corporation filed suit for J.IO.ODO In the Supreme Court, N. Y., Wedne.silny last, against "Geo. Itandolpb Ches- ter, the novelist, alleging In their complaint that Cliester had failed to carry out his agreement with the Dim people to deliver ccptain of the Walllngford stories In shape for screen presentation. Some time ago, avers tbe pialntlir, they entered Into con- tract with Cliester who accepted a retainer of $1,000, to prepare the Walllngforh stories. Since then Chester aeems. according to tbe aOldavlt, to have suffered a change of mind and scn< an emissary to the Colonial otnces, saying that he desired to withdraw from the arrangement. The $1,000 retainer, how- ever, was oowherc In sight, and as yet has not heen returned, continues the plalntllT, coiisei|uently the Colonlul seeks damages to extent of $S0,0O0. 11. P. DyrulT Is the Colonial's attorney. It Is suld the suli will be defended by Chester. ANOTHER FREAK niLL INTRODUCED IN OHIO. If 0 certain bill Introduced In tbe Ohio Legislature. April 1, becomes n law, the thc- ulrU'ul Interests of the country, as far aa Ohio Is concerned, might Just us well throw up the sponge and quit cold. Senator Clin« I-'. Kuuer Is the sponsor of tills latest and most fantastic bit of freak legislation, which would "prohibit any advcr- tli>enient nr any nnsenlallon of a play or sketch, or any publication calculated to cxclto rai'c hatred or piejudlro. or any charai- tcrlzatlou on the stage of any nationality or rare, which might lirliig the race or nn- tlonnllty carlcalured Into sctirn or ridicule." This, of course, embraces all Irish. Uulcli, black face, Hebrew. French Impursuuutlous, and BO on ad (n/liiifiim. The picture people would bo oCfecled bv Oil of the provli^lons, iiiidoiiti'.eilly, thiniit;li a tffoad construction of H\v law. rciialtiis are oittarhed to breuchcs of the Inw In ques- tion to the extent of $200 up to $l,noo. C'harlle Chaplin, for Instnoco. Is I'.iigllsli. lie n<tanlltedly burlesques a famlllnr type of coikney, according to the character he pre- sents on the BCTCcn, Inasmuch as thi- i-nine was a type presented In several of Korno's Engll.4 music hall 9ketehe«. Well, then. If a poster shewing Charlie v/ltb his funny little mustache and bncgy tiuthcs should perchance W exlil'ilted oiilslUc of a picture house, whut would prevent some e.YimtiiiUed Anglu-Amcrlcun from putting In a cuoiplaliit to the powers that be, that (Chap- lin's picture constituted a fracture of t!iu low fn view of the foregoing. This Is simply an llluatratlon of tbe pos- THE NOTED STAR CLARA KIMBALL YOUNS 3} wbo la bappUr remembered lit "LoI»" and tbe "Deep Purple" li tbe powerfal Rnsalan pbotoplajr "HEARTS III EXILE By OWEN DAVIS From the novel of JoUn Oienbom, pUtarlied by James "Voang The Hippodrome, New York, olTerlng, Week of April 0 Reloasod April 12 For iftaTther Infarmatlon commnntcate with the nearest branch of the WORLD FILM CORPORATION liBWIS J. BELZNICK, Vlce-Pre«. and Gen'l. Mgr. 130 West 46th Street Now York City, N. Y. Branches Everr»vhere Branches BTcrywhere Bible far reaching and drastic effects of about as flncon eiamplc of nonsensical leglsla.lon He has been presented In a long, long time. It's even strung for Ohio, the home of M. A. Ntir, and the cradle of State motion picture ccusorslilp. . J. ... ■ ij 'Senator Bauer has promised, It la said, to give his pot measure a careful scrutiny be- fore further arguing Its passage, at the urgent request of several Ohio theatrical men. NEXT NATIONAL M, P. E. L. OF A CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN FRISCO IN JULY. It's 'Frisco this time. Pres. Pcarce has Is- sued tbe appended letter which designates San I-'ronclsco as the city In which thi next Notional Convention of the M. P. E. L. of A. will be held during tbc month of July. March 30, 1015. To THE Motion Pictudd Industdx of AtiBn- icv: ncnihincn —In December last, I sent a coniniiinlcatlon to the manufacturers, asking their opinion as to the city In which the next annuiil convention should be held. Tbcy were almost unanimous In Uielr choice of San l-'i ancl.sco ! Deliig equally anxious to hear from the exhlbliurs, to get their views on the same pului, a coupon was recently published In the various trade Journals, giving each, ex- hibitor an opportunity to name ills choice of n city for the convention. - Kxrcpt for the smallest number imagin- able tucy voted for San Francisco, ana I want to express the sincere appreciation of till! M. P. 1:1. L. of A. to both exhibitors and Dicuufactuvers for their promptness In mak- ing known their choice. bad hoped to make a personal reply to each and every one from whom we heard oa the point, but when the replies Increased till they got Into the tbou.sands, this Avas simply a physical impossibility, and I am talilni: this means to attain the same end. I'u l and roDipleto arrangements for the con- venience and comfort of every exhibitor at- tendhiK will be made In due time. This en- tire oiutter wll be In tbe hands of a com- mittee from the San Francisco T.eague, of which M. E. Cory, the second national vice president, will be chairman. Pending the time whem more detailed nr- rangemcnls can be made, let each man at leiiBt make up his mind to be present nt thiH convention, unquesllonnblv the most cn- jiiyoble niid really benollclal tile League has ever held. Very truly yours, SIauion S, Pkaucb national I'reatdeiil U. P. E. L. of A. W.M. V. RANOUS DIES. Wm. V. llanoiis, llie llrst director the Vlln- giopli Co. ever engaged, and a real ploneci of the picture game died In Los Angeles Snturdny. April 3, after an Illness lasting over s-'vcrnl mouths. The deceased sulTered a |iieivou» bi'vakdovsn some time ago and went ; n fst with the hope that the cflniate of the Const might bencdt bis health. He was about llffy years of age at the time of his death. Mr. Itanous leaves a -widow. IIOnKIIEIMRRS SEEK TO EUVJOIN WALTHALL. nonry Woltliall has been served In a suit brouRht h.v the nalboa M. P. C, of which E. p and H. M. Horklielmer are the leading spirits, which seeks to enjoin the aim actor from iippenrlng before the camera with any other coiujmny but the aforesaid Dalboa cou- cern. Waltl.nll left the Bolbon .people re- cently and returned to the nellance Co., where he Is suppo.sed to be working at pres- ent on the IJoast pending the result of the mjuuctlon suit. NEW PEXN. STATE CENSOR BILL ?Kf,9e>^t LAW. »»^^""iti;tb fob A nciv State censors act, which Ib lirtend- cd to supercede the present State censors' act lu Ponn.sylv.iula. has been Introduced In the Senale by Senator Dalx, of Philadelphia. It hac the approval of Censor J. Loiils Brelt- Wrivin Governor and Attorney-General. The bill provides for a board of three pe^ sons, two males and one female, with com- pensation at $3,000. $2,000 and Ji'-lOO. All nims arc to be examined, and those that arc sacrlllgloua. obscene, Indecent or Immoral, or I^.^"i'^'''?;'^^°' °' the toaid will debase or iiii R'' Ll"^""-' prejudice the public mind, will l)c disapproved. The board will also hove power to^regulnte advertising materlol. charged for all Dims of 1.200 fe*-t or less, and $1 for each dupli- es for dui.llJil^s" ^f'^Mn^l^ cMTS." '^i" ."'ere will be flnes of $50 to $100 for Orst violations, and for subsequent offenses, $100 to $200 PENN. REPEAL DILL KIU,]I^D IN COMMITTEE, tfil!? bills offered by Representatives Stein, ?he"q.^»tl?"i/"'?i^'1'r' »' Pbllndelphla, In the Senate nt Harrlsburg, that were In- tended to have the effect of repealing the prescn Pennsylvania State Ccnaoi Lawfhavo been klllcti In coramltlee. in,'M5p„!il"l."'°"',"'' hearing before the Jiidlclnrj general committee last week and were Indenultely poBtponcd. which la n polite way of saying that they arc ns dead as the proverbial doornail. The rennsylvanitt exhibitors pin their faith cow on the BubatJtufe *lll whirh will be offered, and which considerably curtails tbe iiowers of the members of the State Censor bOflTu. FILM and SONG SLIDES A big reduction In Film, loo reels at 1 cent a fool, some lit t3 Ii reel; have Western'and Indian Heels. SOU Sets of Song Slides, 60c to tl a net; Power's No. 6 Haclilne, 176; alBo other cheap Ut- cblnea; Model "U" Calcium Naehinc, $20. I aits bay Film, Slides and Machines, Ifgood. O. F. a ALLOT, 10 Kl«litb Ave., N. Y, HAVE YOU HeW THAT: D. A. IloLFE will produce shortly "The Bridge," which was the attraction two yc.ira ego at the Hudson Theatre. "The HE.tiiT'oF MinvLAND'' (the TIC.iny Films Corporation picture) attracted one hundred and thh ty clght thousand two iuin- died and nine paid udmJs<ilons to the Noiv York Hippodrome In nine days. A rcord that Is likely to stand for a long, long time. "The CuwnriY A^«D the Ladt." witli S. Miller Kent, from the studios of B. A. Itulfo, wlU be released by Metro, April 12. I'FAni. WiiiTK, ■ heroine of 'Tau'lDc's Perils" and "Ululne's Exploits," has Just re- recovervd from un attack of pnsnmonhil, con- tiucted through exposure while working In outdoor scenes In bad weather. Co-VMODonu J. SxuAnT Blackto.v. of tlie Vltngrapli Co., has purchased twelve tickets for The hall of the Allied Arts, to be glveu ac tbc Hotel Astor, Thursday evening, April 8, 1015, .-iiid has Invited his leading fllm stars to bo nritiput at the hall. Bill IIailey, the handsome blond leadlog mau. lias Wvn engnged to play the star role In a forthcoming Uulversal feature. TiiF.onoai-: Winiims' In adding to the al- ready luu:.; list of valuable contributions to selcucc sliowu lu tha dllTercnt episode of Pulhe's "Elalue'a Explolla." In the fourlh Installment of the new "Uxplolts" he siioffs a microecopic view of the African tick, wulch causes the dreaded "sleeping islckness. so fatal to the natives la certain portions of Africa. This view Is followod by ollicra showing the microbes of the dUeasc greatly enlarcM. "WiD" Gl-XNixo, M. P. editor of The Fvcn- in Sfait, contemplates a vitally serious move In life. He's considering It deeply rlgh» now. WALTEn >fAcN'A>r.\nA, author of 'TnilBi; In Souls." Is going to produce "The Fenian. Charlie Abraais wiints to play tbc tith; role, but Walter la afraid that he's too young tor the part. Jakb Wilk. World Film's chief publicity promoter. Is the proud father of a sou. BlLLl BAnny, the Power udvertlslnc ex- pert. Is turning out some distinctly artistic copy these days. Eev Goetz resigned his jioslllon as general manager of the Crystal Film Oomp«".v. •>•''»; urdny, April 3. He will probablv take a short Tocatlon, and will aunouace his phins for the future shortly. GEonoE Kleinb hns acquired the _ flln rights to the drama. "The Spendthrift, oy Porter Emerson llrownc. Work hn.s been Btartfd, with Irene I'enwlck and t-jni Kelghtley In the principal roler. Walter tu- win Is dlecllng the picture. Neva GEnnrn, who tins had a jdlBtlngnlshed career as a ilUn Rctrcss. and whose la-'t I"'' pnrtnnt enyagciiieiit was ns leaSlng ln<ly lor Curlylc Blackwell. lias been tiwagcd by American Fllni Mniiiifacturing Go. to appear In the Beauty briiiid of plays, produced "uilcr the direction; of Frank (tooley lor rel.-iisc J the Mutual program. MIbb Oerbcr will pm lends opposite Webflter Cumpbell, pnd groni things are expected of the two of them ttorn- iDg logclUer. , AliCB DovEY, the star In "The ComannU' Ing onicer," the film drnma given Inst woc« at the Broadway, was tlw. guest of honor ui that house on Saturday night. She nml her iiarty of prominent people occiwled n io»tr box. MIss'Dovey consented to step tnc Binge and any a few words regarding licr e* perleuce In the motion picture flfld. Wii.LiAM V. Mono, who entered Ini" c™' tract with the I'Ike's. Penk Co. wvcml wo.^s ago, has succeeded George Gebhart as »>-'^] ont mnuager of tlic Western couii.:'.n) s studios. Elsiu jANia, the Intirnatlonal stage .•i;»r; Itc, who hns Just made her screen div'i • '| Ihe Boswerth Inc., production, "C"!'''!'' Kitty," gave n private showing of t.i - • ■ recently at the Palace Th-intre, I.''i;!™' where ahe Is appearing oa the speaklut -> Ibf r w at prcsentt Jasiks Kiiikwood lios returned fn'i:i 'I-, Us .Vngeles to tbe Xcw York studios ;■ Famous Players Film Co.. whore be « • • mediately begin direction of the next ' '. ric.verfl' subject, starring Hazel Dami. i Ihg his stay at the Coast studlns of tli< . ous llayers, Mr. KIrkwood directed Mary Plckford pro<luc;lon3, the naiur> i i nature of wlrich have not .vctlweu nnnoi....^"_ Vai.i.i Vai.li, the former musical o star Is leaving Us Angeles fhlj..week ,' the negntlvo of "The lllph Ilo.td, 1;/' sho pinved the principal role. V i. •. Is ,sft hlghlv elated at the r(;fuIt;or.h;- fcften work that It Is Just pissWb n • ■ :/, contrnrt will be entered luto uj,iii- '' aid VaU. Valll,